Posted by AtomicAstro

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Since you mentioned limited lives/continues, what are your thoughts on people calling them "bad game design" in the present?

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I think that's usually true.

Limited lives/continues are good game design in the arcades; they reward skilled players with more play for their quarters. (Contrast with something like the PlayChoice-10 where you only pay for time)

Even for relatively simple games like Pac-Man or Donkey Kong, I think lives are good. The challenge is more "how long can you last" ("how high can you get") versus completing a linear succession of stages from start to finish. The games where lives work best generally don't have a finish.

However, most modern games aren't like that, so I think the presence of limited lives/continues is an anachronism at best.

Posted by Danika

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Like, as in promotional material mailed to computer shops and such?

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Could see them doing that with a VHS tape for sure, but laserdiscs are so much more effort to make...

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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best double/multi jump in a video game?

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The "Metroidvania" Castlevania games usually have really good and satisfying double jumps.

Posted by Danika

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Wasn't the clock format what killed Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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I didn't realize they added a clock format, that sounds terrible

In general I think what killed that show was that it was super popular and a cultural phenomenon; game shows last longer when they're a slow burn and become an institution... And that's why The Price is Right keeps going

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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what's a pokemon that you didn't like at first but later grew on you?

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Raichu.

I think it took Alolan Raichu to get me to like it, but now I like regular Raichu as well.

Posted by Danika

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Ever feel like the RNG is conspiring against you in a game?

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Oh I don't need to feel like that, I know the RNG is conspiring against me-- the Pseudogoddess of Pseudorandom Number Generation is a long-time rival of mine.

When I adopted Dexter, I was told by the shelter person that he'd probably drink all my beer. But thankfully, he stays out of the wine.

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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aren't moths cute?

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They are! When I was a kid I kidnapped a caterpillar as a pet and it eventually turned into a moth

Posted by ゼンガー・ゾンボルト

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Most unfair bossfight you've ever encountered in a game?

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The ARMY EYEs in Phantasy Star II

Posted by Danika

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Aren't the old MHz displays fun?

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Indeed! I want one now; it's funny, speeds vary much more now than they did back then thanks to various turbo modes and power-saving clock tweaks, we need to bring those back

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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what web 1.0 era buttons would you have on your website?

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I have a website and it has no web 1.0 era buttons on it =o

perhaps that classic "This site is Hentai-free", to make sure those perverts know where they stand

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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were you ever part of any webrings?

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no even when we were engaged Mary never got me a webring no wonder that engagement didn't work out

Posted by Danika

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Is Snorlax supposed to be a really fat cat?

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I thought he was a bear?

Posted by Danika

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Is Dexter really fat?

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He's not fat, he's just big-boned!

Well, okay, he's a little fat. But he's also big-boned!

I hope you have five 5.25" drives installed in there

Posted by AtomicAstro

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You ask why is a furry cat, but have you ever considered how is a furry cat?

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He's purring, so I assume he's doing well

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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what even are cats?

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The cat (Felis catus) is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal.[1][2] It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family.[4] A cat can either be a house cat, a farm cat or a feral cat; the latter ranges freely and avoids human contact.[5] Domestic cats are valued by humans for companionship and their ability to hunt rodents. About 60 cat breeds are recognized by various cat registries.[6]

The number of the day, therefore, must be 40

Posted by Danika

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Isn't kitty floof the cutest substance ever?

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A cute... substance? Odd

but sure why not cats are cute and have soft fur

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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what browser do you wish was around in its original form?

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I think I'm expected to say Netscape, but Firefox is close enough in my book-- I'll go out into bizarre territory and say AOLPress. I don't know how a simultaneous web browser and web editor could work in the modern CSS/JS world, but it'd be neat to see them try.

NOTICE: Please notice this notice. Thank you for noticing.

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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if cats could play instruments, what music would they make?

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I imagine we might find cat music annoyingly high-pitched, since the cat audible range is shifted to higher frequencies relative to ours.

Posted by Danika

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Would you have pet Taryn's cats?

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Of course Sadly I didn't make it to Seattle until well after her death...

I got some new keycaps for my gamer keyboard, they use the "DSA" profile and have a really nice sound (they're also really loud lol, I wouldn't use these in an office)... plus they're in cute colors.

Have anyone else looked into the aftermarket keycap market? The whole mechanical keyboard market has a huge array of options, and yet foolish me is here wondering how people can even have more than one keyboard... (unless you're Chyrosran22 and are reviewing a different board each week, I suppose that makes sense)

Posted by ゼンガー・ゾンボルト

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Speaking of Fatcat....what do you think of this?

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Catchy!

Posted by Danika

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Aren't sleepy cats cuter?

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Cats can be both furry and sleepy, there is no dichotomy here

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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favorite sound addon for any system?

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I find the FM sound addon for the Commodore 64 very amusing, since today most retro enthusiasts seem to prefer the sound of the SID to FM synthesis I really like add-ons that show how people of the time thought

Posted by Garhoogin

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Got any chips to spare?

Just popping in.

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Saying hello in the CitiHall rather than in the newbie intro thread. How avant-garde.

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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favorite msx model?

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I'll go with the Toshiba HX-10D Pasopia IQ in red. Oh sure, it's just an MSX1, albeit with 64K of RAM, but look at it; that red plastic, sharp corners, those spherical keycaps, that 70's font, that huge red STOP button... gods, it's beautiful.

But it's too expensive when I do see one around, so I don't have one... maybe once shipping between the US and Japan exists one I'll try to find a deal on a Japanese auction site.

Right now the only MSX computer I have is an FS-A1^F; a common, workmanlike MSX2 that can run most software, but it's just not nearly as interesting as some of the more fun MSX1 computers. (The FS-A1 line was the only one to make it to turboR, even sadder)

Posted by Danika

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Favorite Pokemon to use Explosion with?

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Mew.

Posted by DarkWitchClaire

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most interesting thing you made in BASIC?

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Probably the Nicole Simulator; I tend to go for ASM if I want to do anything fancy. (Well, on 6502 machines anyway. On Z80 machines I reach for the door I kid, Zilog, I kid!)

Posted by Danika

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Aww talking about your furry cat?

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he is asleep under the bed right now i can say whatever i want and he won't notice nyahahahaha

Posted by AtomicAstro

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Do you think infinite combos in fighting games add to or detract from them?

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I was reading a description of fighting games as "both you and your opponent are trying to get the other to have no enjoyment out of the game, and this creates enjoyment for both of you". Being a victim of an infinite combo certainly sounds like no fun, so I guess it must be good?

That being said, I'm not nearly good enough at fighting games to pull off more than the most basic combos, and then usually only by accident.